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Resisting pressure that he step down as chief of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) following the national squad's disastrous show in the World Cup, Gen Tauqir Zia said he would not quit and instead take steps to make the team more competitive. Zia, a corps commander in the Pakistan army and a close associate of President Pervez Musharraf, told state television that those calling for his resignation had vested interests and he saw the team's poor performance as a challenge. He had put in his papers last year after the team performed poorly against Australia but Musharraf said that was not necessary. "I cannot continue to resign every day particularly when it has become a challenge ... I would like to take it as a challenge," Zia said. "I will not retreat specially when the challenge is on hand. If a challenge is there I would like to take it as a soldier. I cannot lay back and let things happen. There are a few changes I have to make and I will make those changes."
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